Diamond Resorts International, Inc. et al v. Reed Hein & Associates, LLC et al

Filing 481

ORDER Granting #480 Stipulation to Continue (First Request) to Complete the Settlement Activities and to File a Joint Stipulation for Dismissal re #474 Notice (Other). IT IS SO ORDERED that the Settling Parties have an additional 45 days to complete the settlement activities and to file a Joint Stipulation for Dismissal. Signed by Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach on 1/10/2022. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - YAW)

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ROBERT S. LARSEN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 7785
RACHEL L. WISE, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 12303
DIONE C. WRENN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 13285
GORDON REES SCULLY MANSUKHANI, LLP
300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-Mail: [e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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300 S. 4th Street, Suite 1550
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

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Attorneys for Defendants
Reed Hein & Associates, LLC dba Timeshare Exit Team,
Brandon Reed, Trevor Hein, Thomas Parenteau, and
Happy Hour Media Group, LLC
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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DIAMOND RESORTS U.S. COLLECTION
) Case No.: 2:17-cv-03007-APG-VCF
DEVELOPMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability )
company,
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Plaintiffs,
) STATUS UPDATE REGARDING
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NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT
vs.
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[ECF No. 474]
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REED HEIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, d/b/a
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TIMESHARE EXIT TEAM, a Washington limited )
liability company; BRANDON REED, an individual )
and citizen of the State of Washington; TREVOR
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HEIN, an individual and citizen of Canada;
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THOMAS PARENTEAU, an individual and citizen )
of the State of Washington; HAPPY HOUR MEDIA )
GROUP, LLC, a Washington limited liability
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company; MITCHELL REED SUSSMAN, ESQ.
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d/b/a THE LAW OFFICES OF MITCHELL REED )
SUSSMAN & ASSOCIATES, an individual citizen )
of the State of California; SCHROETER,
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GOLDMARK & BENDER, P.S. A Washington
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professional services corporation; and KEN B.
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PRIVETT, ESQ., a citizen of Oklahoma,
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Defendants.
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Plaintiff Diamond Resorts U.S. Collection Development, LLC (“Plaintiff”) by and

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through its counsel of record, and defendants Reed Hein & Associates, LLC, D/B/A Timeshare

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Exit Team; Brandon Reed; Trevor Hein; Thomas Parenteau; Happy Hour Media Group, LLC

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(collectively “TET Defendants” and with Plaintiff, the “Settling Parties”); by and through their

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counsel of record, hereby submit this Status Update Regarding the Notice of Settlement [ECF

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No. 474].

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On November 23, 2021, the Settling Parties submitted a Notice of Settlement

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[ECF No. 474] requested that the Court “grant the Settling Parties through and until January 7,

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2022, to complete the settlement documents and file a request for dismissal.”
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The Settling Parties have not filed a request for dismissal.

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Las Vegas, NV 89101

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

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3.

The Settling Parties have reached agreement on the terms of the Settlement

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Agreement and are in the process of exchanging signatures.

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Under the terms of the Settlement Agreement, the Settling Parties agree to file a

Joint Stipulation for Dismissal within a set timeline based on certain triggering events.

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Such triggering events have not yet occurred, however the parties anticipate that

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such triggering events will occur within the next 45 days.

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Therefore, the Settling Parties request an additional 45 days to complete the

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settlement activities and to file a Joint Stipulation for Dismissal.

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Dated this 7th day of January, 2022.

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GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP

GORDON REES SCULLY
MANSUKHANI, LLP

/s/ Phillip A. Silvestri
RICHARD W. EPSTEIN, ESQ.
Admitted Pro Hac Vice
JEFFREY BACKMAN, ESQ.
Admitted Pro Hac Vice
MICHELLE E DURIEUX, ESQ.
Admitted Pro Hac Vice
200 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301

/s/ Robert S. Larsen
ROBERT S. LARSEN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 7785
RACHEL L. WISE, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 12303
DIONE C. WRENN, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 13285
300 South 4th Street, Suite 1550
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

PHILLIP A. SILVESTRI, ESQ.
Nevada Bar No. 11276
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway, Suite 400
Las Vegas, NV 89169
Attorneys for Plaintiff

Attorneys for Defendants
Reed Hein & Associates, LLC dba Timeshare
Exit Team, Brandon Reed, Trevor Hein,
Thomas Parenteau, and Happy Hour Media
Group, LLC

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Las Vegas, NV 89101

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
______________________________
Cam Ferenbach
United States Magistrate Judge

1-10-2022

DATED ________________________

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that on the 7th day of January, 2022, and pursuant to Fed. R. Civ.

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Pro. 5, I served via CM/ECF and/or deposited for mailing in the U. S. Mail, a true and correct

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copy of the foregoing STATUS UPDATE REGARDING NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT

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[ECF No. 474] was served upon those persons designated by the parties in the E-Service Master

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List upon the following:

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R. Scott Rasmussen, Esq.
Gregory A. Kraemer, Esq.
Kimberly Maxson-Rushton, Esq.
COOPER LEVENSON, P.A.
3016 W. Charleston, #195
Las Vegas, NV 89102
[e-mail]
[e-mail]

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Las Vegas, NV 89101

Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP

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and
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Phillip A. Silvestri, Esq.
GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP
3993 Howard Hughes Parkway,
Suite 400
Las Vegas, NV 89169
[e-mail]

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Richard W. Epstein, Esq.
Jeffrey Backman, Esq.
Michelle E Durieux, Esq.
GREENSPOON MARDER, LLP
200 East Broward Blvd., Suite 1800
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Plaintiffs

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/s/ Gayle Angulo
An Employee of GORDON REES SCULLY
MANSUKHANI, LLP

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